Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Remastered looks set to give Black Ops 4 some serious competition in 2018. A new leak suggests Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Remastered will have a Monday, April 30 release date on PS4 and Xbox One. Posted on Amazon and discovered by IGN Italia, the retail listing suggests the new remaster will launch with a budget price tag. Available for just €19.99 (which probably means a £20 price tag in the UK), Modern Warfare 2 Remastered appears to be a standalone release, instead of…

The meeting is the first between the two leaders since Mrs Merkel’s coalition took office almost six months after national elections. The pair are expected to struggle to find common ground on further change in Europe. Mrs Merkel wants to fulfil her incoming government’s pledge to deliver a “new start” for Europe and Mr Macron has made eurozone overhaul a key goal since taking power last May. There is already detailed reform underway, including the creation of a banking union among the eurozone’s 19 member states and plans for a…

WASHINGTON — In its budget proposal for the coming year, the U.S. Air Force is trying to send the same message to foreign adversaries and critics at home: the service definitely is not underestimating threats the United States and its allies face in space. “The Air Force’s FY-19 budget accelerates our efforts to deter, defend and prevail against anyone who seeks to deny our ability to freely operate in space,” Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, said in a statement. The unclassified space budget the Air…

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — Anticipating an unusually crowded Democratic presidential primary in 2020, the party’s biggest super PAC is vowing to stay out of the race and focus on taking on President Donald Trump, beginning preparations now for an election more than two and half years away. Priorities USA, which has spent hundreds of millions of dollars backing Democrats since forming in 2011 to promote Barack Obama’s reelection, wants to be ready to assist whomever…

Mrs Merkel will hear proposals from Mr Macron, who has called for a major reform drive to reinvigorate the EU and the eurozone at a time when populism is rising in the continent. The newly-reappointed German Chancellor has taken her Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to France to discuss both the French president’s ideas and the fiscal issues between the two countries. The meeting will take place at 6.30pm local time (5.30 GMT) in Paris. Sebastien Maillard of the independent think tank Jacques Delors Institute said: ”It’s certainly a day Macron…

Rep. Mike Rogers: “I am so excited to have the support of President Trump as we work towards this goal” of creating a space force. WASHINGTON — After President Trump told Marines in California that he believed the U.S. military should have a space force, there was confusion. Was he serious? Was it an off-the-cuff riff? And why would he endorse an idea adamantly opposed by his own Defense Department? The president apparently was not joking. “He is very interested in ensuring that the department is best organized and equipped…

Everyone says the U.S. needs missile-tracking sensors in space, but will the DoD make it happen? “On National Security” appears in every issue of SpaceNews magazine. This column ran in the March 12, 2018 issue. The hand-wringing continues at the Pentagon over how to respond to Chinese and Russian missile advances. The latest line of thinking is that the U.S. needs more sophisticated and more discriminating sensors that can fill in blind spots in current air and missile defense systems. And that the best approach would be to place those sensors on…

GREENBELT, Md. — With a stopgap spending bill set to expire in just over a week, House and Senate appropriators are continuing to negotiate provisions of an omnibus bill, including funding levels for some NASA programs. In a speech at the American Astronautical Society’s Goddard Memorial Symposium here March 15, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he was fighting to restore funding for Earth science and technology demonstration programs targeted for cancellation in the administration’s original 2018 budget request. “We’re in the process…

The Toyota Tacoma has such a strong cult following it’s almost difficult to separate the sheetmetal from the mythos. That reputation has been well-earned over the decades, but with stiffer than ever competition from the likes of the Chevrolet Colorado and the upcoming Ford Ranger, the humble Taco has no time to rest on its laurels. Thank goodness it’s still a great truck, and for those of you whose hauling aspirations entail antics more focused on asphalt than the trail, the TRD Sport may be the perfect choice. Choices Toyota…

FILE–In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is set to establish an executive order Wednesday, March 14, 2018, calling for state actions to protect the unique population of endangered orcas that spend time in Puget Sound. The fish-eating whales have struggled due to lack of food, pollution and noise and disturbances from vessels. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) More SEATTLE (AP) — With the number of endangered orcas that frequent…